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it drives the sided search for a piece deficit that i don't think exists. we went to that in the '90s. to undermine the readiness and capabilities to get the arsenal and they are expanding. we should be expanding hours. but to have a significant impact of the capabilities to reach the intelligence community just in time when we need it the most. to be asked about the effects of sequestration of the intelligence community and i have quoted you several times on this and it is very profound. olmec we're cutting real capability and accepting greater risk for intelligence shorter hours for public parks or longer lines at the airports for intelligence it is insidious. the capability you don't know about that until you notice that. you'll notice ny when we have the same" end quote. and i think that is the belief and the reasonthat is in the military is super bear to deal with threats around the world has the intelligence community uses capability.we are making us lese and i look to our witnesses how the current budget cuts accurately assess these threats especiall
it drives the sided search for a piece deficit that i don't think exists. we went to that in the '90s. to undermine the readiness and capabilities to get the arsenal and they are expanding. we should be expanding hours. but to have a significant impact of the capabilities to reach the intelligence community just in time when we need it the most. to be asked about the effects of sequestration of the intelligence community and i have quoted you several times on this and it is very profound. olmec...
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we can develop such a bipartisan plan perhaps in a so-called grand bargain we could devise a balance deficit reduction package for one year that avoids sequestration in fy 2014. we simply cannot continue to ignore the effect of sequestration. sequestration will have a major impact on military personnel. though the pay of military personnel has been exempted, the sequester would reduce military readiness in the services for the troops including schools for military children, family support programs and transition assistance programs and mental health and other counseling programs. the president's budget request continues a major drawdown of active duty and reserve strength. we have in recent years given the department numinous force shaping authorities to allow it to reduce its strength in a responsible way ensuring that the services maintain the proper force mix and avoiding grade and occupational disparities, all of which have long term affect. if sequestration continues, the result would be ore pripitous foe structe that is ou of t the requirements of our defense strategy. sequestration ha
we can develop such a bipartisan plan perhaps in a so-called grand bargain we could devise a balance deficit reduction package for one year that avoids sequestration in fy 2014. we simply cannot continue to ignore the effect of sequestration. sequestration will have a major impact on military personnel. though the pay of military personnel has been exempted, the sequester would reduce military readiness in the services for the troops including schools for military children, family support...
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doesn't have the effect of offsetting the deficit or making the deficit look smaller? >> i would have to go back and look at that. i am not sure of hand. the money segregated in a different account for the postal service but i have to check and give you a definitive answer. >> i believe it is interested and use that you would look at that because i think it is the disguise of the deficit, one of the reasons the postal service is seen as having to do, nobody else has to do and that is what i want to get to. is 75 years of refunding health care consider the best practice? >> the pre funding is considered a best practice. >> that was not my question. this is the only business and the only federal government that it -- >> actually the defense department is free funding. >> how much are they pre funding? >> they are pretending $150 billion. >> how much as the postal service refunded? >> i believe it is about 48 -- 43. >> would you recommend the federal government, why haven't you recommended to other federal agencies best practice, is this what we should be doing and if so
doesn't have the effect of offsetting the deficit or making the deficit look smaller? >> i would have to go back and look at that. i am not sure of hand. the money segregated in a different account for the postal service but i have to check and give you a definitive answer. >> i believe it is interested and use that you would look at that because i think it is the disguise of the deficit, one of the reasons the postal service is seen as having to do, nobody else has to do and that...
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proposed a budget going forward, and a way to have sustained and balanced approach to both reducing the deficit but making some of the critical investments that we need to make, and actually the budget anticipates -- >> we are all -- i should add, start in row. we are all cheers about the magnificent contribution to brain research. thank you. >> i think that's an example of the presidency believe that we ur proper t sinst, and certainly scientifc sech is one of the most critical investments to keep the innovation and research at the front and. so we very much support outlining the mapping strategy which could have a huge impact not only on the future but we think about health costs related to everything from autism to alzheimer's, and if you want to really get our arms around what's happened to health costs in the future, just brain mapping, has an enormous impact. and as you say, i think dr. collins estimates that is about a 71 return, that every dollar in research grant generates about $7 in economic activity in the community where those research grants end up in terms of jobs and scientists.
proposed a budget going forward, and a way to have sustained and balanced approach to both reducing the deficit but making some of the critical investments that we need to make, and actually the budget anticipates -- >> we are all -- i should add, start in row. we are all cheers about the magnificent contribution to brain research. thank you. >> i think that's an example of the presidency believe that we ur proper t sinst, and certainly scientifc sech is one of the most critical...
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two weeks to stand up for the shadow council on the deficit, two weeks to stand up to backbenchers on welfare, two weeks to stand up to the trade unions on just about anything. it is a week in which he said goodbye to david miliband and hello to george galloway. no wonder, no wonder tony blair said their fellow travelers are not listed he was ousted the right. [shouting] >> order. statements for home secretary. >> here on c-span2 we will leave the british house of commons now as they move on to other legislative business. you've been watching prime minister's question time aired live wednesdays at 7 a.m. eastern while parliament is in session. you can see this week's question time again sunday night at nine eastern and pacific on c-span. and for more information go to c-span.org, click on c-span series for prime minister's questions complies with international news media and legislatures around the world. you can also watch recent video, clean programs did with other international issues. >> oh, my ticker to secretary janet napolitano testified yesterday about the relationship between
two weeks to stand up for the shadow council on the deficit, two weeks to stand up to backbenchers on welfare, two weeks to stand up to the trade unions on just about anything. it is a week in which he said goodbye to david miliband and hello to george galloway. no wonder, no wonder tony blair said their fellow travelers are not listed he was ousted the right. [shouting] >> order. statements for home secretary. >> here on c-span2 we will leave the british house of commons now as...
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it's also not directed to where we really need to do to reduce the deficit. once again sequestration applies to discretionary spending primarily, it provides a fourth round of cuts, we've already had cuts over the last three years and for the agencies that are affected, it's equivalent to about a 10% cut. you can't do that without seriously affecting the mission of the agencies. and that is just wrong. and that's why i have said from the beginning, let's replace sequestration. well, march 1 came, sequestration came, people woke up the next day and said what's the big deal? well, we're finding out what the big deal is all about. we just heard from the budget of the f.a.a., the air traffic controllers, that because of sequestration they have little option, 85% of their proiption praitional budget is in personnel and air traffic controllers are most of the personnel. so therefore they've announced this have to furlough 11 days during the remainder of this fiscal year, and that comes out to about one furlough day over each work period. it's as much as a 10% reduc
it's also not directed to where we really need to do to reduce the deficit. once again sequestration applies to discretionary spending primarily, it provides a fourth round of cuts, we've already had cuts over the last three years and for the agencies that are affected, it's equivalent to about a 10% cut. you can't do that without seriously affecting the mission of the agencies. and that is just wrong. and that's why i have said from the beginning, let's replace sequestration. well, march 1...
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we have a massive deficit. >> well, we had a 6% of gdp deficit in 2006. it's now 3% of gdp. and if some of the economists' projections are correct, we go into surplus by 2020. that's what the market thinks. it could go wrong and i wouldn't sell all my gold at this point. but the way the market is going, we are likely to have a trade surplus or at least a deminimus deficit and that means our international credit is going to be terrific and there is no dollar crash. >> peter schiff, let me just ask you. look, there has been an awful lot of pessimism and i've been a credit of ben bernanke. and it's interesting to me and i want to get your reaction. the big inflation never came. the total collapse of the dollar never came. in fact, the dollar, against broad trade-weighted indexes is about what it was four or five years ago. gone up and down, hasn't really moved. this pumping of the money supply, most of the banks didn't use the reserves. and the inflation rate, heck, today, i think the year on year cpi, 1.3%. in other words, a lot of the doom and gloom collapsed the dollar, coll
we have a massive deficit. >> well, we had a 6% of gdp deficit in 2006. it's now 3% of gdp. and if some of the economists' projections are correct, we go into surplus by 2020. that's what the market thinks. it could go wrong and i wouldn't sell all my gold at this point. but the way the market is going, we are likely to have a trade surplus or at least a deminimus deficit and that means our international credit is going to be terrific and there is no dollar crash. >> peter schiff,...
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finance ministry officials said the trade deficit came to $3.7 billion. exports rose 1.1% from a year earlier in yen terms. that's the first rise in two months. imports rose 5.5%. it rose for a fifth straight month. higher demand for crude oil and liquefied gas was aajor stumble. the dow jones industrial average ended up 14,618. down more than .9 of a percent. for more on how stocks are trading, let's go to ramin at the tokyo stock exchange. seems like we're having a bald week with stocks up and down every day. >> it does seem that way. we had housing data on tuesday that rose and now we see the likes of bank of america and some of the major tech suppliers coming out with weak numbers and forecast this which pulled down the key indexes as well. let's look at how that is translating into the opening levels for today, thursday, april 18th here. both indexes in thenegative. 1347 down one 1% the nikkei. down 1,125 for the topix. the nikkei rebounded on wednesday. the focus today may shift to financial and tech related shares especially as shares of apple fell
finance ministry officials said the trade deficit came to $3.7 billion. exports rose 1.1% from a year earlier in yen terms. that's the first rise in two months. imports rose 5.5%. it rose for a fifth straight month. higher demand for crude oil and liquefied gas was aajor stumble. the dow jones industrial average ended up 14,618. down more than .9 of a percent. for more on how stocks are trading, let's go to ramin at the tokyo stock exchange. seems like we're having a bald week with stocks up...
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course, immigration and more immigration makes us a richer poor country and helps out on questions of deficits and economic growth. from a center-right perspective and one of the groups with talk to in law enforcement as you go state to state, the austin chief of police is a big advocate of comprehensive -- when we were in indianapolis, same thing. we always talk to our police officers and to the guys with badges as well as the business d helps out community and religious community. thank you and thank you mr. chairman. >> i will do the last around. i know it has been a long day for the witnesses. when the fbi was investigating travel, he did not find his trip to russia. they typed in his name incorrectly. , the airline. our bill requires that travel exit data be base by swiping the passport. we are making sure it is machine-readable on exit. dhs says this would have helped the fbi in this case. do you agree? absolutely. >> good. one example of many where we are tightening things up. that would have been relevant. now, i mentioned this to your previous witness from your group. i guess you are
course, immigration and more immigration makes us a richer poor country and helps out on questions of deficits and economic growth. from a center-right perspective and one of the groups with talk to in law enforcement as you go state to state, the austin chief of police is a big advocate of comprehensive -- when we were in indianapolis, same thing. we always talk to our police officers and to the guys with badges as well as the business d helps out community and religious community. thank you...
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spanish deficit was up to 10.6% of gdp. stephane joins us now live from madrid. >> there is no surprise. 10.6% of gdp. there's a reason behind it. it's the cost of bailing out the spanish banking sector. eurostadt did not give the details about the calculation, but without the cost of bailing out the banking sector, the deficit was 6.9% of gdp, which is higher than the 3% target set by the government, but of course that would be much lower than the 10%, for instance, deficit that we've seen in greece last year as a result, of course, the spanish debt is rising. it's now 84.2% of the spanish gdp. that's a sharp increase if you compare to the level before the prices in spain. and there's a paradox in that announcement. yes, we've seen some positive reaction on the bond market. the other part is that it will actually help the government to ask for more time to reduce its public deficit below 3% of ggdp. the new target will be 2016, two years later than expected, and that will give the government a bit of precome, a bit of marg
spanish deficit was up to 10.6% of gdp. stephane joins us now live from madrid. >> there is no surprise. 10.6% of gdp. there's a reason behind it. it's the cost of bailing out the spanish banking sector. eurostadt did not give the details about the calculation, but without the cost of bailing out the banking sector, the deficit was 6.9% of gdp, which is higher than the 3% target set by the government, but of course that would be much lower than the 10%, for instance, deficit that we've...
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neil: the threat rising almost as fast as the deficit itself ago until there is a true economic crisis and i don't think we had in 2008 or 2009 is not much it will get worse because we have not lived in times like this with the whole world inflating the currency and nobody is living within their means. neil: if you think about it if in doubt spend more just like the of bush years the allies are at risk. just like the of privacy invasions like your son last night with rand paul are justified because we may get killed because one is the harm if they poke into the female's? you have to draw the line somewhere. >> i do because we should not build up to a fear. one side says we cannot cut a penny from the military. trouble. other side, saying you have to have a safety net for everyone, they compromise, they complain so often we don't have enough compromise in washington. but i think there is plenty, it was not so bad when we were growing and wealthy, we're not as wealthy as we used to be, we're a debtor nation, and not producing as much. the compromise is continue to spending which is wrong
neil: the threat rising almost as fast as the deficit itself ago until there is a true economic crisis and i don't think we had in 2008 or 2009 is not much it will get worse because we have not lived in times like this with the whole world inflating the currency and nobody is living within their means. neil: if you think about it if in doubt spend more just like the of bush years the allies are at risk. just like the of privacy invasions like your son last night with rand paul are justified...
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anyone responsible for government. 11 percent said it's the deficit and debt. now, you may have noticed, we are not seeing any legislation, not heang a lot of talk about programs and responses to deal with these issues. and then there is, of course, health care. 6 percent. 6 percent say that is the most important issue. 5 percent say it's ethics. i have to say, 5% as a little small for me on this. the ethical and moral and family decline in this country. are you kidding me? 4% say immigration. i know what your thinking. we have seen a huge immigration bill introduced. well, 4 percent say that it's education. the number one issue in the country. and another 4 percent say guns. isn'that interesting? guns. here is what the hundred and 13 congress that succeeded at doing so far this year. they put together seven measures, seven measures, seven measures total, two of them new laws for disaster relief. to loss funding the government itself, of course. one lot to protect us from buyout terrorism and then the next, one law expanding protections for domestic violence vi
anyone responsible for government. 11 percent said it's the deficit and debt. now, you may have noticed, we are not seeing any legislation, not heang a lot of talk about programs and responses to deal with these issues. and then there is, of course, health care. 6 percent. 6 percent say that is the most important issue. 5 percent say it's ethics. i have to say, 5% as a little small for me on this. the ethical and moral and family decline in this country. are you kidding me? 4% say immigration....
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the federal deficit is at more than $1 trillion. a senior director of the bipartisan policy center said the debt has been accumulating so much the economy is at high risk. >> our debt is a percentage of g.d.p. in the last 30 or 40 years it's been less than 40%. it's only in recent years we've seen a decline. we are in dangerous territory. >> debra sullivan of the bloomberg view blames the shell-shocked u.s. economy. >> they say it's continuing to expand because of job loss, causing more spending on aid programs. >> we had large deficits for four years because we have low revenues as people don't have jobs, or they're getting paid less. but also we have these mandatory spending programs which go on auto pilot. unemployment, food stamps, medicaid, they spend more when he economy is bad. >> i think that the underlying issue of the financial crisis have not been fixed at all. indeed there's no easy fix. >> there are fix to consider. >> if we want to lift the cloud of deficits hanging over our country, we won't solve the problem of fisca
the federal deficit is at more than $1 trillion. a senior director of the bipartisan policy center said the debt has been accumulating so much the economy is at high risk. >> our debt is a percentage of g.d.p. in the last 30 or 40 years it's been less than 40%. it's only in recent years we've seen a decline. we are in dangerous territory. >> debra sullivan of the bloomberg view blames the shell-shocked u.s. economy. >> they say it's continuing to expand because of job loss,...
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neil: regardless, bottom line is that appetite for this type of spending is not going away, deficits not withstanding, we -- there will be other fiskers or solyndra, bottom line, there is still appetite in the white house to fund more of the grind initiatives hoping to strike oil, no pun. they have not as yet. but, the hope is they will, will they? >> no, this is not a case of execution being off. this is a part of a trend. you could say giving subsidies favoring certain companies over others is picking winners and loser, but the obama white house has a very bad scoreboard of pickingostly losers like. solyndra, that go bankrupt at taxpayer's expect we do not have money or resources for this. we have as there are assistant $17 trillion national debt now is not the time. neil: how do they do it, if you bet on new technology, does government get behind it. >> we lost everything, we have green taxes, we just tax people. we have seen it before. fundamentally, there does need to be reform in washington, $100 billion a year in corporate welfare, crony capitalism that needs to be looked at m
neil: regardless, bottom line is that appetite for this type of spending is not going away, deficits not withstanding, we -- there will be other fiskers or solyndra, bottom line, there is still appetite in the white house to fund more of the grind initiatives hoping to strike oil, no pun. they have not as yet. but, the hope is they will, will they? >> no, this is not a case of execution being off. this is a part of a trend. you could say giving subsidies favoring certain companies over...
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>> yes. >> it was prioritization and obama was going to cut the deficit in half his first term. he was going to cut the deficit in half in his first term. >> and it will be in half by the fifth year. we've been through this. it wasn't four years it was five years. >> we got to roll. austin, good to see you. coming up top, a u.n. rights official said u.s. foreign policy is actually to blame for the boston marathon bombing. really? those details next. rancisco. google's backyard for the bing it on challenge. [fight bell: ding, ding] what's your preferred search engine? search engine, uhh, probably google. if we do a side by side blind test comparison, and you end up choosing google, you get an xbox. i'll bet you the xbox, you bet me your son. well let's look up what you need. okay, i would do the left. yeah? what?! i am a daddy! bing wins it! bing won. bing did win. people prefer bing over google for the web's top searches. don't believe it? go to bingiton.com and see what you're missing. @ (announcer) at scottrade, our cexactly how they want.t with scottrade's online banking
>> yes. >> it was prioritization and obama was going to cut the deficit in half his first term. he was going to cut the deficit in half in his first term. >> and it will be in half by the fifth year. we've been through this. it wasn't four years it was five years. >> we got to roll. austin, good to see you. coming up top, a u.n. rights official said u.s. foreign policy is actually to blame for the boston marathon bombing. really? those details next. rancisco. google's...
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>> yes. >> it was prioritization and obama was going to cut the deficit in half his first term. he was going to cut the deficit in half in his first term. >> and it will be in half by the fifth year. we've been through this. it wasn't four years it was five years. >> we got to roll. austin, good to see you. coming up top, a u.n. rights official said u.s. foreign policy is actually to blame for the boston marathon bombing. really? those details next. both maxwell and ted have hail damage to their cars. ted is trying to get a hold of his insurance agent. maxwell is not. he's on geico.com setting up an appointment with an adjuster. ted is now on hold with his insurance company. maxwell is not and just confirmed a 5:30 time for tuesday. ted, is still waiting. yes! maxwell is out and about... with ted's now ex-girlfriend. wheeeee! whoo! later ted! online claims appointments. just a click away on geico.com. [ agent smith ] i've found software that intrigues me. it appears it's an agent of good. ge has wired their medical hardware with innovative software to be in many places at the sa
>> yes. >> it was prioritization and obama was going to cut the deficit in half his first term. he was going to cut the deficit in half in his first term. >> and it will be in half by the fifth year. we've been through this. it wasn't four years it was five years. >> we got to roll. austin, good to see you. coming up top, a u.n. rights official said u.s. foreign policy is actually to blame for the boston marathon bombing. really? those details next. both maxwell and ted...
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reduction policies like the ones we are proposing. >> the proposal includes $1.8 trillion in deficit reduction over the next ten years. tax increases for the wealthy and raising the minimum wage to $9 an hour. lew will testify before the senate budget committee at 3:00 this afternoon. >>> maryland governor martin o'malley's trip to the super bowl was an expensive one. according to "the baltimore sun" maryland's state police spent more than $5600 on o'malley's trip to north koreans to cheering on the ravens. money was spent on airfare, meals, vehicles, hotel rooms, and overtime. o'malyes has a taxpayer funded sky box at the stadium giving him access to eight super bowl tickets. he and his wife paid for their tickets using personal funds. the others will sold at face value to top aides and the city delegates. >>> our time is 11:49. coming up, a musical tribute to tilds. >> storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein will be back with another check of warmer forecast. >>> we have a very special trio in the studio headed to venezuela and brazil this week to share their heritage and talent. th
reduction policies like the ones we are proposing. >> the proposal includes $1.8 trillion in deficit reduction over the next ten years. tax increases for the wealthy and raising the minimum wage to $9 an hour. lew will testify before the senate budget committee at 3:00 this afternoon. >>> maryland governor martin o'malley's trip to the super bowl was an expensive one. according to "the baltimore sun" maryland's state police spent more than $5600 on o'malley's trip to...
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indeed, the course, to start generating jobs and start generating economic growth and reducing debt and deficits that are contemporaneously. >> well, i think the first thing that they could do is have a really serious plan about reducing government expenditures as a percentage of gdp. taxes mater, inflation matters, but the truth is, when government is spending too much of the auto production and the economic system the growth rate declines and this is throughout the world history. so are really serious plan to reduce government expenditures would create a lot of confidence in the business trinity. secondly, he's a rollback the crazy onslaught of regulations across every industry which is stifling innovation and creativity which is exactly what we need right now. example in the banking industry. dodd-frank pier reasons that law as passed there has been no renovation of one of the largest industries in the united states, which is actually reducing. lou: i have to say the you, how much money do you want these people to make? am looking at the numbers coming in other earnings. if we have regulation
indeed, the course, to start generating jobs and start generating economic growth and reducing debt and deficits that are contemporaneously. >> well, i think the first thing that they could do is have a really serious plan about reducing government expenditures as a percentage of gdp. taxes mater, inflation matters, but the truth is, when government is spending too much of the auto production and the economic system the growth rate declines and this is throughout the world history. so are...
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san jose overcame a two-goal deficit and tied the game up but ryan johansen scored a tiebreaking goal with a- minute-and-37-seconds to go. all the sharks needed to do was win the game or take it to overtime to clinch their ninth-straight playoff spot. now with only three games left to play the sharks turn their attention to their final home game which is set for tuesday against the dallas stars. warriors all-star power- great weather. maybe we are going to play hooky? >> not only is it going to be nice to beautiful. >> and remember you can watch the weather forecast whenever it is convenient for you on our 24/7 bay area news channel. you can also get headlines and live traffic. it's on comcast 193 and you can also watch it live on kron4.com. you kids should count yourselves lucky. we didn't have u-verse back in my day. you couldn't just... guys... there you are. you know you couldn't just pause a show in one room, then... where was i... you couldn't pause a show in one room then start playing it in another. and...i'm talking to myself... [ male announcer ] call to get u-verse tv for j
san jose overcame a two-goal deficit and tied the game up but ryan johansen scored a tiebreaking goal with a- minute-and-37-seconds to go. all the sharks needed to do was win the game or take it to overtime to clinch their ninth-straight playoff spot. now with only three games left to play the sharks turn their attention to their final home game which is set for tuesday against the dallas stars. warriors all-star power- great weather. maybe we are going to play hooky? >> not only is it...
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as we tackle that deficit and . at said, when we hadpayroll tada deepesys of our rece the government did obligate itself to make up for the shortfall in the payroll tax revenues. and yes, that will come from other funds, other taxpayer funds. host: this is "washington journal," and we have been talking with tammy baldwin on a first-term senator from wisconsin. please come back. guest: thank you. really appreciate it. >> when the war began, congress came into session and july. it issued a statement that articulated the consensus war goals of the united states. it was very simple. very clear. the purpose of this war is to restore the union. to disrupt the social institutions of the south. and everybody knew what that meant. it meant not to disrupt slavery. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> saturday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span three. at the capitol today, cabinet secretaries and othersteng b qu, janet napolitano testified for a second
as we tackle that deficit and . at said, when we hadpayroll tada deepesys of our rece the government did obligate itself to make up for the shortfall in the payroll tax revenues. and yes, that will come from other funds, other taxpayer funds. host: this is "washington journal," and we have been talking with tammy baldwin on a first-term senator from wisconsin. please come back. guest: thank you. really appreciate it. >> when the war began, congress came into session and july. it...
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immigration and more immigration makes us a richer country not a poor country and ofps out on questions deficits and economic growth. from a center-right perspective and one of the groups with talk to in law enforcement as you go state to state, the austin chief of police is a big advocate of comprehensive -- when we were in indianapolis, same thing. we always talk to our police officers and to the guys with badges as well as the business community and religious community. thank you and thank you mr. chairman. around.l do the last i know it has been a long day for the witnesses. when the fbi was investigating travel, he did not find his trip to russia. they typed in his name incorrectly. our bill requires that travel exit data be base by swiping the passport. we are making sure it is machine-readable on exit. dhs says this would have helped the fbi in this case. do you agree? >> yes. absolutely. >> good. one example of many where we are tightening things up. that would have been relevant. now, i mentioned this to your previous witness from your group. i guess you are the second witness. you folk
immigration and more immigration makes us a richer country not a poor country and ofps out on questions deficits and economic growth. from a center-right perspective and one of the groups with talk to in law enforcement as you go state to state, the austin chief of police is a big advocate of comprehensive -- when we were in indianapolis, same thing. we always talk to our police officers and to the guys with badges as well as the business community and religious community. thank you and thank...
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year to year deficit is coming down. it gives opportunity to control the debt relative to the size of the economy and we have new economic growth numbers out a couple of days ago that show about a 3% gdp. that is good news. the economy is in recovery. we so have a ways to go and we should never give up on trying to improve the economy and reduce the deficit. host: rick larsen, democrat from washington, thank you, sir. guest: you're welcome. the: coming up next, headline is "big money, big money, talking about the economics of the mississippi river." [no audio] is that the public defenders job is that it is dependent on their approval. how faster the process cases? how quickly do they get to the docket gecko -- docket gecko -- docket? so they will want a public defender that does their bidding. in new orleans, for a long time, the system was at one public defender was assigned to one courtroom and the same judge. so they were always arguing before the same judge. the problem with that is that they were then kind of tradin
year to year deficit is coming down. it gives opportunity to control the debt relative to the size of the economy and we have new economic growth numbers out a couple of days ago that show about a 3% gdp. that is good news. the economy is in recovery. we so have a ways to go and we should never give up on trying to improve the economy and reduce the deficit. host: rick larsen, democrat from washington, thank you, sir. guest: you're welcome. the: coming up next, headline is "big money, big...
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target, the government will not waste this time and try to keep the deficit under control. kelly, over to you. >> do you wear suits from -- >> sorry? no, it's not. >> good looking suit. joining us from madrid. we'll hear more about that on friday. i bring this up because luxury brands have been under pressure amid slower growth in china. there are reasons for companies to stay upbeat. >> it is it stylish, sleek and highly sought after. luxury goods the envy of fashionistas all around the world from the streets of milan to beijing, luxury fashion is still in demand. as europe remains in the doldrums and there are signs of slowing, it begs the question how much longer can it last? in sidney this week, an italian label believes there are growth opportunities in the world's second largest economy. >> i think that we were used to double digit growth and now we have to be ready for slower growth. i do believe there is growth to look for in china. we are in approximately 35 cities and there are at least double of the cities that we can go in the next couple of years. >> the compan
target, the government will not waste this time and try to keep the deficit under control. kelly, over to you. >> do you wear suits from -- >> sorry? no, it's not. >> good looking suit. joining us from madrid. we'll hear more about that on friday. i bring this up because luxury brands have been under pressure amid slower growth in china. there are reasons for companies to stay upbeat. >> it is it stylish, sleek and highly sought after. luxury goods the envy of...
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it's deficit stating. with the attacks in boston, we don't know where the next attack will be. also, with the letters coming to washington this week and senator's office in phoenix where i live now. they are trying to find holes in our security. for the administrator to suddenly decide that one week from today is a good idea to allow knives on every airplane in the united states is a terrible idea. it's a slap in the face to 9/11 victims and also to just america in general. we were all affected that day. this is not just about me and not just about 9/11 families. yes, it brings back horrific memories for us and the long process it's taken to get over it it's about all of us, the general public. >> neil: rebecca, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> neil: we'll have more. [ tires screech ] [ beeping ] ♪ [ male announcer ] we don't just certify our pre-owned vehicles. we inspect, analyze and recondition each one, until it's nothing short of a genuine certified pre-owned... mercedes-benz for the next new owner. ♪ hurry in to your authorized mercedes-benz dealer for 1.99% fina
it's deficit stating. with the attacks in boston, we don't know where the next attack will be. also, with the letters coming to washington this week and senator's office in phoenix where i live now. they are trying to find holes in our security. for the administrator to suddenly decide that one week from today is a good idea to allow knives on every airplane in the united states is a terrible idea. it's a slap in the face to 9/11 victims and also to just america in general. we were all affected...
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it is deficit-reduction without a tax increase. i think it's the kind of deficit reduction that we can get bipartisan support for in the country. grow up all sorts of other issues. what about public education? public schools don't teach kids how to read english well and don't teach them american history. but that's a problem, then we need education reform. that is being worked on a state- by-state. that's a problem for kids born here as well as everybody else, in terms of the quality of education they're getting. what about the welfare system? 185 means-tested welfare programs. bill clinton worked with republican congress to reform aid to families with dependent children. we can make progress on the others as well, and reforming welfare is important and needs to be done. it saves money and keeps people from getting locked into welfare dependency. but none of those are arguments for getting in the way of immigration reform. then there's the question of entitlements medicare and get benefits because they are born, a question of immig
it is deficit-reduction without a tax increase. i think it's the kind of deficit reduction that we can get bipartisan support for in the country. grow up all sorts of other issues. what about public education? public schools don't teach kids how to read english well and don't teach them american history. but that's a problem, then we need education reform. that is being worked on a state- by-state. that's a problem for kids born here as well as everybody else, in terms of the quality of...
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they are running about a $4 billion deficit which comes out of general funds, ie, taxpayers. so, clearly the government in my view is a bloated, inefficient agency that is not serving the public well. these cuts are ill conceived, but they do need to cut costs or raise taxes because they cannot continue with deficit spending. so it fits in with the broader problem of the government spending basically 40 cents on every dollar. so how do you solve this problem? so the government has elected, ie, the administration directed the dot to cut the headcount basically 10%, which is going to cause a lot of delays, instead of increasing productivity and cutting pay. >> mark simone, is this just politics? >> absolutely. the government is the only thing that has something called nonessential workers? aren't there massive fund the faa has to do things like refurbish buildings or modernize airports, open new airports, can't the cuts come from something like that? that would make sense to me. >> the chairman committee, bud shuser said they could have gotten rid of outside contractors, cut do
they are running about a $4 billion deficit which comes out of general funds, ie, taxpayers. so, clearly the government in my view is a bloated, inefficient agency that is not serving the public well. these cuts are ill conceived, but they do need to cut costs or raise taxes because they cannot continue with deficit spending. so it fits in with the broader problem of the government spending basically 40 cents on every dollar. so how do you solve this problem? so the government has elected, ie,...
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reduce our deficit while making investments necessary to have our economy grow and create jobs, protect the middle class and seniors. the president has engaged in a process with lawmakers were he is trying to find common ground to see if common ground exists. he has put forward a plan that would do that and would eliminate the sequestered in the process. when it comes to these delays, congress has to act in order to reverse these delays. >> you are not asking for the ability to prioritize spending -- >> since we did everything we could to avert the sequester and republicans decided as a political matter that it was a home run for them to inflict this upon the american people, i think that suggestion does not hold water. secondly, the faa did take action to produce savings and avoid furloughs. because of the nature of their budget, and the personnel have the nature of their operation, furloughs are the only option available at this time. if congress wants to address this matter of, they should act, but this is something that only congress can do. tell us what the administration is doing
reduce our deficit while making investments necessary to have our economy grow and create jobs, protect the middle class and seniors. the president has engaged in a process with lawmakers were he is trying to find common ground to see if common ground exists. he has put forward a plan that would do that and would eliminate the sequestered in the process. when it comes to these delays, congress has to act in order to reverse these delays. >> you are not asking for the ability to prioritize...
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they have a $1 trillion infrastructure deficit other the next five years so there's no way that official development systems is going to be enough to tack this will problem. this is one of the great strengths of the world bank group. we not only work in the public sector with development assistance but we make direct investments, we make loans. it's going to take a major effort at bringing public and private together if we're to have any chance of meeting these targets. >> brown: are you afraid that the world might fall backwards? there's been strides in the last couple of decades with china and other countries with poverty. we've had a number of years of slow growth. are you afraid we might be moving backwards? >> we remain cautiously optimistic about what could happen in the future. we know developed economies have to grow in order for to meet our targets in the developing economies but the growth in the developing economies has been one of the good news stories over the last five years. more than 50% of the growth globally has come from the developing economies and this year they'll g
they have a $1 trillion infrastructure deficit other the next five years so there's no way that official development systems is going to be enough to tack this will problem. this is one of the great strengths of the world bank group. we not only work in the public sector with development assistance but we make direct investments, we make loans. it's going to take a major effort at bringing public and private together if we're to have any chance of meeting these targets. >> brown: are you...
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obviously, every one of us wrestle with budgets and deficits, it kind of perks up -- gives us our attention. do you want to elaborate on that a little bit? >> i guess i would say a couple of things. first, arriving at that estimate is a matter of arithmetic, not particular ingenuity. economic growth comes from growth in people, and their productivity. and immigration controls both the size of the labor force and since immigrants tend to work more and participate at higher rates than the native-born, you get labor force growth. as you've mentioned, we often get small businesses and entrepreneurs, which raise the productivity of those workers, and there are benefits to faster overall economic growth in spreading innovation through the economy and thus raising productivity further. my estimates simply look at increases in immigration and follow the research, literature and rules of thumb for the impacts on gdp and on the budget. it's not magic. it's just arithmetic. i will say that it's important to recognize, i didn't tailor that estimate to 2013, '14, '15. this bill looks like it will take s
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of time that accomplishes the same deficit reduction without hurting the economy. i've tried to offer that proposal for an up or down vote four times this year and have not even had the ability to get a vote on that, andrea. >> mitch mcconnell said today, this is all because of the poor planning of the administration. your take on it? >> well, you've got now republicans who just a few weeks ago were cheering on the idea of a sequester. and saying that we had to make these very deep, immediate cuts, on top by the way. of cuts that we already made two years ago. very deep cuts, but cuts that are manageable. but our republican colleagues said we got to keep the sequester in place, their budget calls for a doubling of the sequester cuts in the areas of the budget we're talking about. the faa, the fbi, national institutes of health. the best way that mitch mcconnell and republicans can help us deal with this, is to support our legislation that would replace the sequester in a balanced and targeted way. >> we all hear about budget cuts and maybe some jurisdictions are bl
of time that accomplishes the same deficit reduction without hurting the economy. i've tried to offer that proposal for an up or down vote four times this year and have not even had the ability to get a vote on that, andrea. >> mitch mcconnell said today, this is all because of the poor planning of the administration. your take on it? >> well, you've got now republicans who just a few weeks ago were cheering on the idea of a sequester. and saying that we had to make these very deep,...
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if we go back to january, our deficit is about 2.5 inches for rainfall. i don't think we will get much today. a cold front across the great lakes will be headed our way tomorrow to bring a chance of a few showers. if you are traveling today, the rough spots will be south of chicago, indianapolis, cincinnati, showers and thunderstorms in the lower mississippi valley. forthere could be delays in new york city. temperatures are in the mid 50's hearing this hour. we will make it into the 70 this afternoon. that the latest. time to see what the croats are doing, jamee. >> busy on the b-w parkway. the beltway lanes are open. virginia 95, lanes are open through stafford and the beltway. newschopper 7 is over northbound b-w parkway still dealing with a crash. tow truck has just arrived. seeing some progress. if you are. leading the beltway, stop and are. you might want to consider interstate 95, running without delay between laurel and the beltway. again, this is the b-w parkway northbound. southbound is open without delay. back to you. >> thank you. that's a goo
if we go back to january, our deficit is about 2.5 inches for rainfall. i don't think we will get much today. a cold front across the great lakes will be headed our way tomorrow to bring a chance of a few showers. if you are traveling today, the rough spots will be south of chicago, indianapolis, cincinnati, showers and thunderstorms in the lower mississippi valley. forthere could be delays in new york city. temperatures are in the mid 50's hearing this hour. we will make it into the 70 this...
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>> there has to be a solution in place to our deficit and our debt. that's why this is an opportunity to get this job done. >> that's a high bar. you're saying the debt ceiling may not be raised if you don't have a solution in may? >> i think it is going to be very hard to get people to agree the debt ceiling unless we address our spending problems and reform our programs. >> all right. john hoeven, republican senator from north dakota, the former governor there. thank you, sir, for sharing your views. >>> remember to watch the networks of nbc universal all week long for our green week coverage from the politics of the environment, to the ways we can all work together to help go green. >>> coming up, authorities foil another terrorist plot, this one targeting passenger trains. >>> plus the road to redemption. congressman todd aiken trying to make a political comeback or just a statement? why he's just one in a long line of long shots trying for a second, or in some cases third act. >>> when was the last time a south carolina democrat won a u.s. house
>> there has to be a solution in place to our deficit and our debt. that's why this is an opportunity to get this job done. >> that's a high bar. you're saying the debt ceiling may not be raised if you don't have a solution in may? >> i think it is going to be very hard to get people to agree the debt ceiling unless we address our spending problems and reform our programs. >> all right. john hoeven, republican senator from north dakota, the former governor there. thank...
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an exhaustive study with a lot of scholars and it's a significant cost at a time when our debt and deficit are taking us over the cliff. >> neil: is it your sense, senator, that this is falling apart? i don't know whether related to boston or not. but is this following on its own weight? >> temporary trying to rush it through in a hurry, and they -- today before anyone opposed to the bill had a chance to be a part of that, and now they want to rush through markup. that means they do the amendments in committee. don't know if it's falling apart or not, burt it should -- but it should. they want this to go through before americans know what is really in it. >> neil: let's say it is falling apart and the gang of eight, whoever they are -- republicans and democrats who cobbled together what they say was 0 nonamnesty immigration reform. you say, good riddance, rip up and start from scratch. because they're saying this is the closest we have ever come or ill will if come. >> we shouldn't do the am necessary city first. that's the problem because we cannot trust the congress to create a workable
an exhaustive study with a lot of scholars and it's a significant cost at a time when our debt and deficit are taking us over the cliff. >> neil: is it your sense, senator, that this is falling apart? i don't know whether related to boston or not. but is this following on its own weight? >> temporary trying to rush it through in a hurry, and they -- today before anyone opposed to the bill had a chance to be a part of that, and now they want to rush through markup. that means they do...
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those pictures were on the internet yesterday morning and they started going viral in deficit sites and difference infusion places pick those up, we'll take that information and then it ends up leaking back to the newspaper and comes out in one big circle. >> pictures start on the internet and law enforcement officials pass them internally and leak back into the media. the next thing you know a 17-year-old who runs track on high school is in a viral internet presence and law enforcement chatter and onto the cover of the "new york post." to be clear, the impossible poor judgment of the editors of the "new york post" was not the only reason this kid's picture was in the world associated with the bombing. what i saw on the front page of the post was not the first time i've seen this particular picture. the reason i saw it before was because i fell down a rabbit hole at 11:00 and browsing a page in which internet users had come together to do the vigilante work of sifting through the publicly available pictures of the marathon. it struck me sitting in the cold nightlight of my laptop we hav
those pictures were on the internet yesterday morning and they started going viral in deficit sites and difference infusion places pick those up, we'll take that information and then it ends up leaking back to the newspaper and comes out in one big circle. >> pictures start on the internet and law enforcement officials pass them internally and leak back into the media. the next thing you know a 17-year-old who runs track on high school is in a viral internet presence and law enforcement...
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other nations may need to sell gold to pay back and cure their deficit trouble. stuart: you are making fun of me for my westport story, but you are claiming you were first with the cyprus old story yesterday. thank you, everybody. dagen and connell, it is now yours. dagen: thank you. connell: i am connell mcshane. dagen: i am dagen mcdowell. eyes on boston. three people killed and 176 people wounded in yesterday's terror bombing. no unexploded
other nations may need to sell gold to pay back and cure their deficit trouble. stuart: you are making fun of me for my westport story, but you are claiming you were first with the cyprus old story yesterday. thank you, everybody. dagen and connell, it is now yours. dagen: thank you. connell: i am connell mcshane. dagen: i am dagen mcdowell. eyes on boston. three people killed and 176 people wounded in yesterday's terror bombing. no unexploded
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little bit and putting it on hold, we have a bigger issue on immigration in front of us and it's our deficit. we have a broken system that needs to be reformed. i'm afraid we'll rush through some judgments related to immigration and how it's processed. >> george, with respect, i think that as bad an idea as calling this enemy combatant. we have 100% rate of prosecuting terrorists. i think that's the bad idea on the senator mccain. i think the idea of delaying immigration reform, if you ask involved in immigration, this is a horrible idea to take this isolated, horrible, evil incident and make it stand for a larger politics and put immigration reform, put the brakes on that. >> congressman? >> it's not the right thing to do. we're a nation of immigrants. i trust our government. we vet people up and down. we review policies every day. but to put it on hold is not in >> i agree with the congressman. they'll deal with 11 million, 12 million people in this country who are still living in the shadows. we need to integrate all americans in society. we want to main stream them. i think we should mov
little bit and putting it on hold, we have a bigger issue on immigration in front of us and it's our deficit. we have a broken system that needs to be reformed. i'm afraid we'll rush through some judgments related to immigration and how it's processed. >> george, with respect, i think that as bad an idea as calling this enemy combatant. we have 100% rate of prosecuting terrorists. i think that's the bad idea on the senator mccain. i think the idea of delaying immigration reform, if you...
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it would over 10 years increased deficit by about $18 billion. it doesn't tell like a lot now but there are things to remember about the $18 billion. since that time, many of the things that were policy , there has been spending on that about half of what the cbo expected would be needed during those comparable policy objectives now maybe cheaper and generate less and the way of spending. is that thehing cbo did not use a dynamic scoring. you did not take into account the potential economic growth affects. the last piece of what is ,appened is since that score congress has passed and the president has assign the affordable care act. my reading of this legislation is is a bipartisan commitment that those who would become registered provisional immigrants who are here illegally, would not be eligible 10,benefits not for probably not for 15. so there will not be a budgetary impact. over the longer term, there is something congress should keep on and terms of the budgetary outlook. i would be happy to discuss with you the impact of the bill in that r
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he found the deficit ceiling will come down for trillions of dollars. his study found $2.5 trillion because when people become legalized, they will start paying taxes and they'll also have to pay back taxes, fines and fees through part of this immigration system. so that means they're not going to be coughing -- costing taxpayers money to go through this process and as many economists believe will raise the quality of life. host: the senate judiciary committee takes up the immigration bill this morning. c-span 1 will have that live. you'll also find that on our website. rebecca kaplan is a staff writer at in the national journal. it includes covering the campaign looking at the republican side of things. she worked on that and she also has covered the white house, as part of national journal's team and now she's looking at congress. one of the aspects of congress you're looking at is the house. here's a recent headline of her story. forget working groups, t house juciar is moving immigration ontswn what's happening in the house? >> the chairman is actua
he found the deficit ceiling will come down for trillions of dollars. his study found $2.5 trillion because when people become legalized, they will start paying taxes and they'll also have to pay back taxes, fines and fees through part of this immigration system. so that means they're not going to be coughing -- costing taxpayers money to go through this process and as many economists believe will raise the quality of life. host: the senate judiciary committee takes up the immigration bill this...
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the people who are demanding we reduce the deficit are demanding more money. i guess we must take money away from someone else to pay for law enforcement. no, i don't want to reduce environmental cleanup and housing for the elderly or cut increases in social security. this is a time we should be providing more money. i guess i'm very grateful that we vote, or at least i did, to increase taxes on people making more than $400,000. >> former massachusetts congressman barney frank. thank you so much for taking the time to speak with us today. we appreciate it. >> you're welcome. >>> also joining us, nbc news terrorism andist roger cressey. bare with me while i read this note that i was just handed. the islamic society of boston, cambridge, has leased starjts delivered it on camera md a heres some of the important importants. the suspects were occasional visitors there. they were shocked to hear of the crimes of these two. they never exhibited violence or this behavior. many in the community who knew the tsarnaev brothers have been urged to contact law enforcement.
the people who are demanding we reduce the deficit are demanding more money. i guess we must take money away from someone else to pay for law enforcement. no, i don't want to reduce environmental cleanup and housing for the elderly or cut increases in social security. this is a time we should be providing more money. i guess i'm very grateful that we vote, or at least i did, to increase taxes on people making more than $400,000. >> former massachusetts congressman barney frank. thank you...
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for the purpose of deficit reduction. they acknowledge that there are all sorts of tax breaks out there in the tax code. they just don't want to close a single one of them in order to reduce the deficit. they will only close those loopholes if it means reducing the tax rate on high income individuals. >> bill: so peter let's post on our web site a link, maybe the phone number for the speaker's office so people can get in and suggest do the right thing. we're not calling for anything special. just regular order. >> regular order on the budget. >> bill: conference, members of the conference committee the senate and house can get together and maybe we can resolve this budget issue. congressman, with that, we'll let you get back to work. >> good to be with you. >> bill: thank you so much for coming in. i appreciate your time very much leadership on so many issues. congressman chris van hollen. i'll be back with a quick parting shot for today. >> announcer: this is the bill press show. i think the number one thing that viewers
for the purpose of deficit reduction. they acknowledge that there are all sorts of tax breaks out there in the tax code. they just don't want to close a single one of them in order to reduce the deficit. they will only close those loopholes if it means reducing the tax rate on high income individuals. >> bill: so peter let's post on our web site a link, maybe the phone number for the speaker's office so people can get in and suggest do the right thing. we're not calling for anything...
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call it an obsession with the deficit or demand for austerity that's been coming from all quarters of the republican party since 2008. >> we can't continue to spend money we don't have. >> we can't just keep spending money we don't have. >> it's time to cut spending. >> unfortunately, the facts do not support their thesis. there is now a chorus of commentators, businessowners and corporate titans, who all accept that taking chunks out of an already melancholic economy will do nothing but sustain the misery. an individual who runs the world's largest bond fund said this in an interview. "the uk and almost all of europe have erred in terms of believing austerity, fiscal austerity in the short term is the way to produce real growth. it is not. you've got to spend money." yet, despite this expert opinion, the republican party led by chairman reince priebus launched a twitter campaign yesterday attempting to blame the president for a policy that they, themselves, absolutely adore. it was pegged to the increasing impact of sequestration on domestic air travel. and produced the laughable cla
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with the president about the economic crisis, he was quick to compare mathematically the size of the deficit to the point in which -- a way in which he said it wasn't that much worse than during ronald reagan's period. so he's sensitive. >> david, let me ask you this. i noticed that former president bush is going up in popularity. it was -- he was at in a poll 23% in october 2008. now he's up to 47%. now, is that because people haven't seen him a lot? >> yeah. >> does absence make the heart grow fonder here? >> yeah. his popularity went up when he disappeared and started doing pictures and portraits of dogs and himself taking a shower. >> you wrote the book reminding everyone of president bush as he provided over the country. >> you know, you know this, reverend al. history is always a fight. it's always a struggle. we go back and forth. and, you know, bush was probably good pr advice. pretty despised when you left the presidential office. a majority of americans actually believed he had lied the country into the war in iraq. not just that it was a mistake, but he purposely said things that
with the president about the economic crisis, he was quick to compare mathematically the size of the deficit to the point in which -- a way in which he said it wasn't that much worse than during ronald reagan's period. so he's sensitive. >> david, let me ask you this. i noticed that former president bush is going up in popularity. it was -- he was at in a poll 23% in october 2008. now he's up to 47%. now, is that because people haven't seen him a lot? >> yeah. >> does absence...
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sorry, deficit-neutral. thank you, everybody. [applause] >> and it update on the manhunt for the suspect in the boston marathon bombings, overnight his brother was killed, also in mit officer was killed in a shootout. the younger brother is on the loose. and lockdown in the boston area. they were last seen in the water to an area just outside boston. and in his cover the short while ago, the police said the boston area continues on lockdown as they go house to house. they also plan -- a controlled explosion at a house in cambridge, massachusetts, some timeay. amtrak is suspending service between new york and boston. senior democrat associated press as on the house intelligence committeeay the to the st ng suspects had before they confronted police., there was a briefing earlier today. across our networks, we will keep you posted with the latest news and updates. we continue in about an hour in 10 minutes we will take you live to the state department. john kerry, whose brief this morning at the white house on the boston investigat
sorry, deficit-neutral. thank you, everybody. [applause] >> and it update on the manhunt for the suspect in the boston marathon bombings, overnight his brother was killed, also in mit officer was killed in a shootout. the younger brother is on the loose. and lockdown in the boston area. they were last seen in the water to an area just outside boston. and in his cover the short while ago, the police said the boston area continues on lockdown as they go house to house. they also plan -- a...
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>> well, many countries really have to choice but to consolidate, because their defini deficits and debts are high. but they do have a choice about the pace of consolidation and of course how they structure their government. in some cases, certain kinds of spending, infrastructure spending, are probably not going to impair your long-run sustainability. so the composition of spending can be more growth friendly. but countries need, also, to consider other prolss and europe needs to consider other policies to be supportive of growth, since consolidation will have to proceed, even if it's proceeding at a slower pace. >> does the imf want countries sellheir gold? that might be the impression that people would have got often the events of the last couple of weeks. >> no, we don't have a view on that subject at all. >> even though cyprus, in the memorandum of understanding that's been leaked, it looks like cyprus has been asked to do that. >> i think cyprus may choose what cyprus may choose. look, countries may privatize a range of assets if they need to privatize assets and those can be compan
>> well, many countries really have to choice but to consolidate, because their defini deficits and debts are high. but they do have a choice about the pace of consolidation and of course how they structure their government. in some cases, certain kinds of spending, infrastructure spending, are probably not going to impair your long-run sustainability. so the composition of spending can be more growth friendly. but countries need, also, to consider other prolss and europe needs to...
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targeted temporary policies, have an infrastructure, a tax credit, spend, don't worry about deficits. you know, have a plan for tax reform, the spending programs, ensure the debt's not going to explode. be cognizant regulations have benefits, but costly as well, and just say we're committed to growing over the long term, not for this month or in this bill, not when we think of it between other events. have that commitment. >> douglas holtz-eakin, thank you. >> thank you. >> doug has a long term plan, that's for sure. >> breaking news with boeing. the head. faa says they completed all tests and analysis of the redesigned 787 batteries. they hoped to get the commercial fleet back in the air this month. that seems to be, if accurate, seems to be a step in the right direction. >> we'll see. breaking news now in oil, closing up one penny at $88.72 a barrel. today's slight gain snaps a three day slide for oil. >> gold rebounds from the biggest one-day drop in more than three decades. is now the time to get in or get out? we got the answer. >> as we do every day at this time of the day, look
targeted temporary policies, have an infrastructure, a tax credit, spend, don't worry about deficits. you know, have a plan for tax reform, the spending programs, ensure the debt's not going to explode. be cognizant regulations have benefits, but costly as well, and just say we're committed to growing over the long term, not for this month or in this bill, not when we think of it between other events. have that commitment. >> douglas holtz-eakin, thank you. >> thank you. >>...